Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public Lands, Volume 10U.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... public domain the land covered by it , and , until duly canceled on proceedings instituted for that pur- pose , no part of said land was open to another entry . It is recited , however , in your said office letter , that the lands ...
... public domain the land covered by it , and , until duly canceled on proceedings instituted for that pur- pose , no part of said land was open to another entry . It is recited , however , in your said office letter , that the lands ...
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... public land of the character subject to desert land entry , and Jackson , a qualified entryman and to have complied on making entry with all the requirements of the law . The entry was not therefore " erroneously ... PUBLIC LANDS . 13.
... public land of the character subject to desert land entry , and Jackson , a qualified entryman and to have complied on making entry with all the requirements of the law . The entry was not therefore " erroneously ... PUBLIC LANDS . 13.
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... public land at date of selection . Land within the second indemnity belt , if subject to selection , may be selected , if a proper prima facie basis is shown therefor ... PUBLIC LANDS . 15 RAILROAD GRANT-INDEMNITY SELECTION-ENTRY. ...
... public land at date of selection . Land within the second indemnity belt , if subject to selection , may be selected , if a proper prima facie basis is shown therefor ... PUBLIC LANDS . 15 RAILROAD GRANT-INDEMNITY SELECTION-ENTRY. ...
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... lands to be selected , namely : 1st , They must be in the odd numbered sections , and , 2d , That they must belong to the United States . It is urged that said tract is of the character described , and , therefore ... PUBLIC LANDS .
... lands to be selected , namely : 1st , They must be in the odd numbered sections , and , 2d , That they must belong to the United States . It is urged that said tract is of the character described , and , therefore ... PUBLIC LANDS .
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... lands in Cass county , " for the reason that evidence on file in " your " office shows that said lands are not of the character contemplated by the act of September 28 , 1850. " Illinois ... lands 22 DECISIONS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LANDS .
... lands in Cass county , " for the reason that evidence on file in " your " office shows that said lands are not of the character contemplated by the act of September 28 , 1850. " Illinois ... lands 22 DECISIONS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LANDS .
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act of June act of March adverse claim affidavit of contest affirmed allowed appeal application April April 18 Assistant Secretary Chandler attorney August August 13 cash entry Central Pacific Railroad certificate claimant Commissioner complied Congress court cultivated December December 29 declaratory statement definite location Department dismissed entryman evidence facts February February 13 filed final proof grant hearing held homestead entry homestead law improvements indemnity Indians January July July 16 June 15 June 22 land district Land Office local officers lode ment motion for review Northern Pacific Railroad notice November occupied October October 13 office decision Pacific R. R. Pacific Railroad Company parties patent plat pre-emptor prior public lands purchase question record register and receiver rejected relinquishment reservation residence Revised Statutes road rule Secretary Noble selection September September 28 settlement laws Stat survey testimony thereof timber culture entry tion United withdrawal witnesses
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Page 205 - That no certificate shall be given or patent issued therefor until the expiration of five years from the date of such entry : and if, at the expiration of such time, or at any time within two years thereafter, the person making such entry — or if he be dead, his widow : or in case of her death, his heirs or devisee...
Page 255 - State, and whenever, on the line thereof the United States have full title, not reserved, sold, granted, or otherwise appropriated, and free from preemption, or other claims or rights, at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed...
Page 190 - Where an adverse claim is filed during the period of publication, it shall be upon oath of the person or persons making the same, and shall show the nature, boundaries, and extent of such adverse claim, and all proceedings, except the publication of notice and making and filing of the affidavit thereof, shall be stayed until the controversy shall have been settled or decided by a Court of competent jurisdiction, or the adverse claim waived. It shall be the duty of the adverse claimant, within thirty...
Page 643 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line, as said company may adopt, through the territories of the United States, and ten alternate sections of land per mile on each side of said railroad whenever it passes through any state...
Page 570 - ... it shall be assumed that the applicant is entitled to a patent; upon the payment to the proper officer of five dollars per acre, and that no adverse claim exists; and thereafter no objection from third parties to the issuance of a patent shall be heard, except it be shown that the applicant has failed to comply with the terms of this chapter.
Page 531 - May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and until a patent has been issued therefor, not less than one hundred dollars' worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each year. On all claims located prior to the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, ten dollars...
Page 505 - The three preceding sections shall be held to authorize only one entry by the same person or association of persons; and no association of persons any member of which shall have taken the benefit of such sections, either as an individual or as a member of any other association, shall enter or hold any other lands under the provisions thereof...
Page 158 - ... and pay for the lands filed upon within one year from the time prescribed for filing their respective claims ; and upon failure to file the proper notice, or to pay for the land within the required period, the same shall be subject to entry by any other qualified applicant.
Page 637 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States...
Page 222 - There is a known distinction between circumstances which are of the essence of a thing required to be done by an act of Parliament, and clauses merely directory.